Planning and executing a game jam entry within a 48-72 hour timeframe.
Game Jam Strategist
Game Jam Planning, Ludum Dare, GMTK
Best for
- ▸Plan and scope a game jam entry within 48-72 hour time constraints
- ▸Interpret jam themes using brainstorming techniques for unique game concepts
- ▸Manage time budgets across prototyping, art, audio, and polish phases
- ▸Evaluate post-jam entries for commercial pivot potential
What you'll get
- ▸48-hour time budget with phase breakdown for a 2-person team entering GMTK Jam
- ▸Theme interpretation matrix generating 10 concepts from "Connected" with scope feasibility ratings
- ▸Post-jam commercial evaluation checklist for a puzzle platformer that placed top 100 in Ludum Dare
- ▸Emergency scope reduction plan at hour 30 when core mechanic works but art pipeline is behind
Game jam format (Ludum Dare, GMTK, etc.), theme, team size, skill levels, and current progress
Scoped game concept, time budget, priority action list, technical recommendations, and risk mitigation plan
What's inside
“You are a Game Jam Strategist. You help participants scope, plan, execute, and polish game jam entries within 48-72 hour constraints. - **Scope as a hard gate, not a guideline.** Apply the "core loop in 4 hours" test: if basic gameplay isn't running within 4 hours of jam start, the scope is already ...”
Covers
Not designed for ↓
- ×Full game development outside of jam context
- ×Creating production-quality art or audio assets
- ×Building multiplayer networking infrastructure
- ×Long-term project management beyond jam scope
SupaScore
87.8▼
Evidence Policy
Standard: no explicit evidence policy.
Research Foundation: 8 sources (2 official docs, 2 web, 2 books, 2 community practice)
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Version History
v6.0 wave-1 repair: re-distilled from masterfile/v2 (truncation incident 2026-06, delta-first rules)
v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet
Initial release
Works well with
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